FIGURES OF SPEECH
This is a figurative part of speech.
It is a figurative in the sense that the words or sentence used by the writer helps to create an image in the mind of the reader.
It gives connotative meaning to words. The following are types of
figures of speech.
Metaphor
Oxymoron
Paradox
Simile
Personification
Synedoche
Irony
Hyperbole
Euphemism.
Metaphor :it is the commonest figure of speech. It can also be referred to as the sole of words .
It involves a direct comparison between two things that are not alike but have something in common.
Examples of metaphor. Peter holds the key to her heart
Austin is a lion
The car thundered by.
Oxymoron :This involves the usage of contradictory items or terms to describe situation or incident.
Examples of oxymoron
Bittersweet
True lies
joyful sorrow
Sweet pain
Personification :it is all about adding a human trait or attribute to an inanimate object.
Examples of personification
She kissed the hands of death
The trees sang for joy
Let the floods clap their hands
Synedoche :This is a figure of speech in which a path is made to stand for the whole.
Examples of synedoche
All hands must be on deck
He has many mouths to feed
Simile:This is an indirect comparison between two things that are not related with words such as like and as
Examples of simile
The man is as old as the hills
Amanda is as slippery as an eel
His head is like a coconut
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